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quality
What does quality mean?
quality (noun): good characteristics in particular; level of excellence; freedom of faults and flaws.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use quality in a sentence?
- This school is well-known for having teachers of high quality. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Quality of life is usually determined by health, education, and income. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce quality?
/ˈkwɑləti/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does quality come from?
From Middle English qualite, from Old French qualité, from Latin quālitās, quālitātem, from quālis (“of what kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (“who, how”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to quality
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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the foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves
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a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
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an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)
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good characteristics in particular; level of excellence; freedom of faults and flaws
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